Agent skill

Tinker Training Cost

by sundial-org in sundial-org/skills

Calculate training costs for Tinker fine-tuning jobs. An agent skill from sundial-org/skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Tinker Training Cost

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/skills --skill tinker-training-cost -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/skills tinker-training-cost --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sundial-org/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/tinker-training-cost .claude/skills/tinker-training-cost && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
tinker-training-cost
GitHub stars
153
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
336 words
Files
2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Calculate training costs for Tinker fine-tuning jobs. An agent skill from sundial-org/skills.

  • Works in 3 steps: Loads the correct tokenizer for the… → Counts tokens in your JSONL file… → Calculates the estimated training cost
  • Estimating costs for Tinker LLM training
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Cost Formula, Tinker Pricing and Tokenization, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Tinker Training Cost is an agent skill from sundial-org/skills. Calculate training costs for Tinker fine-tuning jobs. Use when estimating costs for Tinker LLM training, counting tokens in datasets, or comparing Tinker model training prices. Tokenizes datasets using the correct model tokenizer and provides accurate cost estimates.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/calculate_cost.py`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Fine-tuning. It works with Qwen and NVIDIA AI Platform. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code Skills by Sundial.

When your agent uses it

  • Estimating costs for Tinker LLM training
  • Counting tokens in datasets
  • Comparing Tinker model training prices

Example prompts

  • “/tinker-training-cost”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Loads the correct tokenizer for the selected model (via tinker-cookbook if installed, else transformers)
  2. Counts tokens in your JSONL file (supports chat, text, and instruction formats)
  3. Calculates the estimated training cost

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5a3bf9f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • tinker-docs.thinkingmachines.ai

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tinker Training Cost loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 336 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 336 words (~1,209 tokens).

“Calculate training costs for Tinker fine-tuning jobs by tokenizing your dataset with the correct model tokenizer and applying current pricing.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
tinker-training-cost

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in skills/tinker-training-cost of sundial-org/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/calculate_cost.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5a3bf9f

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Questions about Tinker Training Cost

What does Tinker Training Cost do?

Calculate training costs for Tinker fine-tuning jobs. An agent skill from sundial-org/skills. Tinker Training Cost is an agent skill from sundial-org/skills. Calculate training costs for Tinker fine-tuning jobs.

When should I use Tinker Training Cost?

Tinker Training Cost fits situations like: estimating costs for Tinker LLM training; counting tokens in datasets; comparing Tinker model training prices.

How do I install Tinker Training Cost in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/skills --skill tinker-training-cost -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tinker-training-cost in sundial-org/skills) into .claude/skills/tinker-training-cost in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tinker Training Cost in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/skills --skill tinker-training-cost -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tinker-training-cost in sundial-org/skills) into .agents/skills/tinker-training-cost in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tinker Training Cost in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sundial-org/skills --skill tinker-training-cost -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tinker-training-cost, .gemini/skills/tinker-training-cost, .github/skills/tinker-training-cost and .opencode/skills/tinker-training-cost in your project.

What does Tinker Training Cost need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tinker Training Cost needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Tinker Training Cost access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: tinker-docs.thinkingmachines.ai. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tinker Training Cost safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Tinker Training Cost use?

No licence was found for Tinker Training Cost or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Tinker Training Cost use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Tinker Training Cost?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tinker Training Cost: External Gitcode Ascend Verl Feature Deploy (ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills, 174 stars), Mindspeed Mm Vlm (ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills, 174 stars), Fix Art Issues (OpenPipe/ART, 11k stars) and Setup Workshop Nemoclaw (brevdev/workshop-build-an-agent, 146 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tinker Training Cost?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/skills, which has 153 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 15, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.